gold

Oh well, it’s another reason for God-fearing people to hide their children from consoles this winter, Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe has just gone gold. That’s the industry term for it’s coming very, very soon. The gold master discs have been created, thousands of little discs o’ fatalities are being printed as we speak and spine rippage will follow (maybe).

Players can almost do anything in Fable 2. Can you marry the town strumpet? Yep. You can even rename her after an ex-girlfriend. Can you have children? Of course, you can. There’s even a form of contraception in the game.

What about gambling? Well, game designer Peter Molyneux has you covered there and then some. I had a chance to play the Fable 2 Pub Games, a downloadable Xbox Live Arcade title. The content will appear in the regular game, but folks who just can’t wait can download the game for 800 Microsoft Points.

In the title, there are three games:
Fortune’s Tower
Keystone
Spinnerbox

Fortune’s Tower is a card game that’s a cross between Solitaire and Blackjack. Players start off with three cards: a tower card, and two underneath it. Players can either choose to take the value of the two cards added up or they can go for the value of another row below.

The challenge of the game comes in taking risks. The more rows you go, the higher the chance you’ll get more money from the added cards. But along with the high reward, there’s also the chance of busting. Players bust when there’s a vertical pair ie. when cards of the same value are on top of each other.

To help players out, there’s a knight card that will salvage a row. In addition, the tower card on the top can save a player by replacing a card in a busted row. It’s an addicting game.